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Elegia capensis

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Restionaceae

Elegia capensis

Elegia capensis in the Bains Kloof mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

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Elegia capensis in the Du Toits Kloof mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Elegia capensis, cultivated at Kirstenbosch and showing the internodal bracts, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]